You respond to a patient who has sustained a fall. In assessing the scene, you MUST include the pathway of transmission, or the:

A) distance of the fall.
B) surface the patient fell on.
C) direction in which kinetic energy is transmitted through the body.
D) path of the patient's body over the course of the fall.


Answer: C

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